Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 8, 1999
(P.T.) TREVOR FURLONG is Managing Director and Chief Executive of The
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, which owns and operates the Port of
Liverpool and the Medway Ports of Sheerness and Chatham. The Mersey
Docks and Harbour Company is also the statutory harbour authority for
the Mersey and is responsible for the conservancy of the River Medway.
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company has extensive interests in Irish
Sea shipping including operation of the trading sector's major lift-on
lift-off container shipping line, Coastal Container Line, and B.G.
Freight Line which serves Northern Europe, U.K. and Ireland. The Company
also operates port facilities in Belfast, Dublin and Cardiff. At
Liverpool, L60 million is being invested in port developments including
two new river berths for Irish Sea roll-on-roll-off ferries and a 70
acre expansion of the port area with the provision of nearly 1 million
sq. ft. of warehousing and light industrial units. At Medway, acquired
by Mersey Docks in October, 1993, the Company is developing a L35
million berth, storage and distribution complex for fruit, plus an
inland produce terminal. Mr. Furlong has been Managing Director and
Chief Executive of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company since 1984 and
has been the main driving force behind its substantial development. MD &
HC is now ranked among the top 500 companies in the U.K. Having joined
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in May 1957, Mr. Furlong contributed
to all aspects of the Finance Division's responsibilities including the
Capital Reconstruction of 1971 from which the present Mersey Docks and
Harbour Company emanated. In 1973 Mr. Furlong joined the Operations
Division of the Company as Controller Finance and was appointed General
Manager, Operations Division in 1978. Two years later in 1980, he became
Cargo Operations Director and in 1982 widened his responsibilities as
Port Services Director, encompassing areas of the Company's activities
which included Cargo Operations, Marine Services, Engineering and
Personnel. Within the national spectrum of the U.K. ports industry, Mr.
Furlong is Chairman of The United Kingdom Major Ports Group Limited. He
is a Fellow of the Certified Corporate Accountants, Companion of the
British Institute of Management and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Transport. Mr. Furlong is aged 64 and is married with one son. Profile
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